Meaning Makers

In this episode, it is all about my favorite way to end every year. Reflect, relent, and vow to repeat (or not) the things you did in 2024. Life is a marathon, not a sprint, and I am glad to get these mile markers to help us reflect on what has been. Looking to increase your fitness gains and feel good doing it? Receive 5% off your first order today at Kinobody.com for any supplements and subscribe to their new "Hero Stack" and receive 20% off each month. Again, use code KEGAN65978 to receive 5% off your first order at kinobody.com

This episode centers around the reason for the season and the amazing advent of Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Can't wait to see you all in 2025!

This episode is dedicated to all of the fathers out there - don't miss out on the meaningful experiences children can and will give you. Looking to increase your fitness gains and feel good doing it? Receive 5% off your first order today at Kinobody.com for any supplements, or their new program "Mojo Mastery". Use code KEGAN65978 to receive 5% off your first order. Subscribe monthly and you'll save 20% for a limited time! kinobody.com

Filmed this conversation with Patrick a few months ago. His wisdom and insight into the current state of the young adult mind was impressionable and relevant. I hope you find it as fruitful as I did. Looking to increase your fitness gains and feel good doing it? Receive 5% off your first order today at Kinobody.com for any supplements, or their new program "Mojo Mastery". Use code KEGAN65978 to receive 5% off your first order. Subscribe monthly and you'll save 20% for a limited time! Timeline: 0:00 - Church's Role in Elections 3:40 - Consistent Values-Driven Living in a Multi-skinned World 13:35 - The Struggle of Autonomy for Young Adults 21:46 - It's Still Okay to Get Married Young 25:11 - The Hurry and Anxiety of Social Media 29:51 - The Era of Identity Labels 41:53 - The Earned-Privilege Paradox 50:03 - Living a Meaningful and Balanced Life 59:03 - Keys to Good Relationships 1:02:47 - The Parable of the Two Sons 1:06:51 - Do You Want To Be Baptized? 1:14:16 - End

The male s**cide rate is double the women's rate (excuse my misspelling in the video) since 1999. That is unacceptable. Here are my thoughts for why this is the case, and some antidotes for this epidemic we find ourselves in. You can support the pod by simply hitting the follow button!

Visions play an integral part to any behavior change. In fact, knowing what you want to be and where you want to go is the only way to gauge the effectiveness of your current habits. No vision = ignorance. Vision = Clarity. Don't forget to check out keganyork.substack.com and subscribe to receive free emails and posts sent directly to your inbox. Looking to increase your fitness gains and feel good doing it? Receive 5-15% off your first order today at Kinobody.com for any supplements, or their new program "Mojo Mastery". Use code KEGAN65978 to receive 5-15% off your first order. Timeline: 0:00 - Intro 1:08 - Polarity between Purpose and Vision 3:06 - New Year's Resolutions 4:26 - Alex Hormozi is an "insensitive monster"? 8:37 - "What if's" are intrusive to your happiness...? 13:16 - Vision is Necessary 14:47 - The "AED" Framework 21:42 - Vision Casting The Next 10 Years 25:26 - The Patterns Shown in the Data 28:45 - Exercise Recap 30:11 - Outro

In this episode, I break down a 3-word formula for how to become more intentional, which will in turn help you accomplish more in life. You chart the path your life goes, not the other way around. Timeline: 0:00 - Inro + 1,000 streams!! 3:27 - Reflexive-Intentional Creativeness 4:30 - Defining Reflexive 9:48 - Defining Intentional 15:03 - Defining Creativeness 17:48 - Outro + Next Episode

In this episode, I break down why your attention is so important. Perhaps it isn't the lack of time that is the issue, but the lack of focus. If interested, you can also read a post about this topic, and others, here: https://keganyork.substack.com/

This episode explore how to develop your purpose. Purpose is the linchpin of your life, allowing everything else to function properly. Without understanding your purpose, it can be extremely difficult to know where your life is headed. Looking to start a business, or increasing your ability to get clients with a funnel? Give Clickfunnels a try at the link below and get a 14-day free trial! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.clickfunnels.com/sign-up-flow?aff=ae8fd0c931ad296dbfc7f9e1a88609ac8cd097dde13c0419fefc00898f7bb51b-1WzEwLDEwNTQzMF0f⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Looking to increase your fitness gains and feel good doing it? Receive 5% off your first order today at Kinobody.com for any supplements, or their new program "Mojo Mastery". Use code KEGAN65978 to receive 5% off your first order. Timeline: 0:00 - Intro 0:29 - Understanding Purpose 3:27 - How Do I Discover My Purpose? 7:20 - Step #1 9:45 - Step #2 15:35 - Step #3 16:22 - Step #4 18:46 - Step #5 21:41 - Purpose and Your Past 25:17 - My Purpose Statement 28:59 - Outro

This is an episode you don't want to miss! The last bit of context and explanation before we get into the action oriented learning of this series. I am a firm believer that you can spend all day learning (and I could spend all day talking), but until there is action attributed to that learning, it means nothing. Looking to start a business, or increasing your ability to get clients with a funnel? Give Clickfunnels a try at the link below and get a 14-day free trial! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.clickfunnels.com/sign-up-flow?aff=ae8fd0c931ad296dbfc7f9e1a88609ac8cd097dde13c0419fefc00898f7bb51b-1WzEwLDEwNTQzMF0f⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Looking to increase your fitness gains and feel good doing it? Receive 5% off your first order today at Kinobody.com for any supplements, or their new program "Mojo Mastery". Use code KEGAN65978 to receive 5% off your first order. Timeline: 0:00 - Intro 0:58 - Why Mindset Matters 2:59 - The First Pillar 6:13 - Key Takeaway from Pillar #1 7:07 - The Second Pillar 9:33 - Key Takeaway from Pillar #2 10:22 - The Third Pillar 11:43 - Key Takeaway from Pillar #3 12:33 - The Locomotion of Mindset 14:16 - Intrusive and Created Cognitions 19:46 - Voluntary and Involuntary Behaviors 23:33 - The Controlling Emotions Hoax 25:04 - The Gears That Turn Your Life 27:12 - What's Next 29:29 - End

This episode continues this 15 part series I am doing centered around the question: "How do I make sure my life matters?". In between these parts, I will also be releasing a few more conversations I have had with others. I hope this podcast series helps you live a more meaningful life. Don't forget to check out the offers below!! Looking to start a business, or increasing your ability to get clients with a funnel? Give Clickfunnels a try at the link below and get a 14-day free trial! ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.clickfunnels.com/sign-up-flow?aff=ae8fd0c931ad296dbfc7f9e1a88609ac8cd097dde13c0419fefc00898f7bb51b-1WzEwLDEwNTQzMF0f⁠⁠⁠⁠ Looking to increase your fitness gains and feel good doing it? Receive 15% off your first order today at Kinobody.com for any supplements, or their new program "Mojo Mastery". Use code KEGAN65978 to receive 15% off your first order. Timeline: 0:00 - Intro 0:46 - Context + Clarity 2:25 - History of Dualism 6:56 - Importance of the soul 8:20 - Kinobody Ad  9:20 - Philosophy births Psychology 11:35 - Are all Diagnoses needed? 12:04 - Clickfunnels Ad  13:33 - Context + Clarity = Confidence  14:32 - Analyzing the DSM 19:44 - The role of Health Insurance 22:00 - Is the current system working?  25:03 - Proactive care is now Reactive care 27:29 - Final Thoughts 

This episode kicks of a 15 part series I am doing centered around the question: "How do I make sure my life matters?". In between these parts, I will also be releasing a few more conversations I have had with others. I hope this podcast series helps you live a more meaningful life. Don't forget to check out the offers below!! Looking to start a business, or increasing your ability to get clients with a funnel? Give Clickfunnels a try at the link below and get a 14-day free trial! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.clickfunnels.com/sign-up-flow?aff=ae8fd0c931ad296dbfc7f9e1a88609ac8cd097dde13c0419fefc00898f7bb51b-1WzEwLDEwNTQzMF0f⁠⁠⁠ Looking to increase your fitness gains and feel good doing it? Receive 15% off your first order today at Kinobody.com for any supplements, or their new program "Mojo Mastery". Use code KEGAN65978 to receive 15% off your first order. Timeline: 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - The Big Question 3:17 - The Odds of You Being Alive 6:36 - Who are Meaning Makers 8:25 - Hero’s vs Villian’s Story 8:51 - Kinobody Ad 10:48 - In the beginning… 12:34 - Defining our terms: “Who” 15:58 - Defining our terms: “What”  18:03 - Examples of Meaning Makers 20:46 - Clickfunnels Ad 24:54 - Overcoming Fear 26:27 - Landing the Plane 27:37 - End

In this episode, I discuss 3 gaps I see in Human Behavior that, if you can shorten them, will lead to a more meaningful life. Looking to start a business, or increasing your ability to get clients with a funnel? Give Clickfunnels a try at the link below and get a 14-day free trial! ⁠⁠https://www.clickfunnels.com/sign-up-flow?aff=ae8fd0c931ad296dbfc7f9e1a88609ac8cd097dde13c0419fefc00898f7bb51b-1WzEwLDEwNTQzMF0f⁠⁠ Looking to increase your fitness gains and feel good doing it? Receive 15% off your first order today at Kinobody.com for any supplements, or their new program "Mojo Mastery". Use code KEGAN65978 to receive 15% off your first order. Timeline: 0:00 - Intro 1:04 - Unpacking the Mainstream Narrative 2:13 - The First Major Gap 3:53 - Kinobody Ad 4:47 - The Second Major Gap 7:00 - Clickfunnels Ad 8:20 - The Third and Final Major Gap 12:43 - Closing Statement 13:45 - End

To put this episode into one sentence: The way you look at things matters and it could make or break the impact of your life. Looking to start a business, or increasing your ability to get clients with a funnel? Give Clickfunnels a try at the link below and get a 14-day free trial! ⁠https://www.clickfunnels.com/sign-up-flow?aff=ae8fd0c931ad296dbfc7f9e1a88609ac8cd097dde13c0419fefc00898f7bb51b-1WzEwLDEwNTQzMF0f⁠ Looking to increase your fitness gains and feel good doing it? Receive $5 off your first order today at Kinobody.com for any supplements, or their new program "Mojo Mastery". Use code KEGAN65978 to receive your $5 off your first order. 0:00 - Intro  0:36 - Shifting Perspectives  1:02 - "They'll never be this young again" 2:06 - Two key things we get from perspective  2:11 - Clickfunnels Ad 3:48 - Perspective will make or break you 4:32 - "How to" develop perspective 5:33 - Kinobody Ad  6:23 - Championship Moments  8:01 - "It's not that easy"  8:52 - 90 year old time machine  11:36 - End 

Looking to start a business, or increasing your ability to get clients with a funnel? Give Clickfunnels a try at the link below and get a 14-day free trial! https://www.clickfunnels.com/sign-up-flow?aff=ae8fd0c931ad296dbfc7f9e1a88609ac8cd097dde13c0419fefc00898f7bb51b-1WzEwLDEwNTQzMF0f Looking to increase your fitness gains and feel good doing it? Receive $5 off your first order today at Kinobody.com for any supplements, or their new program "Mojo Mastery". Use code KEGAN65978 to receive your $5 off your first order. 0:00 - Intro  0:40 - People Get Excited About the Vision 2:21 - Find the Hungry Audience  5:23 - Clickfunnels Ad 6:20 - Convenience and the Problem Solving Progression  7:57 - Two Insanely Important Questions  10:09 - Frequency of Communication 11:05 - Kinobody Ad 11:56 - Follow Up Like a Lion on the Hunt  13:49 - 10x may actually only be 1x  15:13 - Ending Thoughts 

This video is made in response to the events that occurred on Saturday, July 13th. There is plenty of things that I do not cover or go in depth about, but I felt it pertinent to share my thoughts on how to reflect, process, and move forward after such an event. This is an unprecedented time in our history - we got here by unchecked behavior and harsh rhetoric. Now, we need to move on with a realignment to our purpose and a better vision for what the future can hold. Episode #14 of the Meaning Makers Podcast. LISTEN/WATCH ON: YouTube: www.youtube.com/@keganyork Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Timestamp: 0:43 - What happened on July 13th 1:20 - How did we get here? 3:14 - Say what you mean and mean what you say! 4:01 - Overnight behavior change? 5:17 - Where to go from here 6:40 - America's Purpose 8:40 - Meaningful living 9:28 - END

My good friend Garret Jones sits down to talk with me about some deep life questions, and he shares his thoughts on living life well, taking risk, and some Biblical truth I needed to hear! This is Episode 13 of the Meaning Makers Podcast. LISTEN OR WATCH ON: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@keganyork Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 0:44 - Patience in the process 3:59 - Hasty Generalization aren't good 4:49 - You'll Regret Not Taking Risks 7:05 - Never Change 13:09 - How to Live a Good Life 19:35 - It's Life or Death 21:43 - "Yada" 23:19 - This is how people change 25:59 - The Light Switch Analogy 30:58 - What will your obituary say? 39:06 - My Son is My Replacement 40:12 - Our Sense of meaning come from here 50:59 - Go Against the Grain 57:16 - You are one decision away... 1:11:04 - Why are we so anxious?

These 6 graphs, from a 2019 study done by Our World In Data, is a scathing message to anyone thinking that "tomorrow" is the best day to cherish those around you. Dive into each graph, the key takeaways, and possible responses to each graph you can apply in the present day. FOLLOW TO THE PODCAST! Business or coaching inquiries: [email protected]

Mental Health Therapist Jillian Stephen, LPC-MHSP (t) talks about biblical truth, creating awareness around why anxiety or depression may be happening, and how living intentionally can lead to a better life. FOLLOW THE POD! This is Episode 12 of the Meaning Makers Podcast. LISTEN/WATCH ON: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@keganyork Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meaning-makers/id1730729183 Timestamps: 0:00 - Preview 0:12 - Living in Light 3:00 - Creating Awareness with Clients 8:00 - "Stop Sharing Your Story" 12:55 - Being an Active Participant in Life 19:10 - Where should I go to find belonging? 23:50 - Intergrating Faith into Therapy 25:23 - Becoming a More Intentional Person 27:00 - Anxious for what? 28:55 - Boundaries are like a house 31:52 - EMDR and Trauma 35:56 - Words Jillian Lives By 38:00 - What will your obituary say? 39:48 - End

In this episode, Kegan York has a conversation with Hawaii-native Jacy Edlao. They mainly focus their discussion on faith, but also talk about the actual state of Maui after the fires and, of course, how anyone can make meaning with their life. Make sure to follow the page to stay up to date on the latest episodes. The more followers this podcast gets, the more reach it gets, which means bigger guests! Drop a Q&A answer on who I should interview next.

Allen Long is the Executive Director of High Hopes in Nashville, TN, and has over 35 years of experience in the corporate world and education. In this episode, Allen gives insight into how High Hopes operates as a clinic and preschool, the effects COVID has had on education, different thoughts on human behavior/change, and why you should never give up on your calling. An edited video version and clips can be found on Youtube (@keganyork).

In this conversation, Josh and I explore a myriad of topics, mostly focused around spirituality and the "how" of human change. Below, you can find the timeline to skip to any topic you find of interest. 0:00: Intro 3:45: Developing the Next Generation  7:45: Stoicism + Christianity 9:10: My life is meaningless... what do I do? 14:00: Individualism and Culture 18:20: Understanding Attachment in Human Development  22:25: How do humans change? 27:30: Digging up the Roots  31:10: American tribalism 34:00: Complexity and Ambiguity  36:45: Check your friends  39:55: Redemptive Nature of Sports  43:20: English Elite Academy  48:30: Stewarding Fatherhood Well 55:25: The Father Wound  59:30: Expectations of a Pastors Kid  1:04:20: Advice for 10 years ago you  1:06:35: Best Quote from 2024 1:09:00: Finding Meaning in Grief  1:16:30: Grief is a Gift

Completing the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail is no small feat, but Ralston has done both before the age of 27. Listen in as I dive into his experiences, what he learned, and some insights he shares about humanity through his time hiking the wilderness for 6+ months, twice. Thanks go to Ralston, and his girlfriend Anna Kate, for affording me the time to hear Ralston's stories and wisdom.

In this episode, I discuss two theories of change and how they can be applied to your life to crush your goals. You're only one decision away from changing your life... Make some meaning with it!

In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Andy Melton, owner and operator of Melton Counseling, located in Nashville, TN. Andy and I shared wisdom, anecdotes, and laughs. Timestamp below: 0:00 - Introduction 1:30 - Why do you do what you do? 4:15 - Discovering your why. 12:30 - How do I find my purpose? 19:30 - Importance of Mission and Vision for a business 27:30 - Transference + Countertransference 32:15 - Imposter syndrome is good? 34:30 - How do I find meaning in my life? 44:15 - How do human beings change? 50:30 - Unconscious Incompetence 53:40 - Life transitions 58:00 - "Advice for my almost married daughter" 1:02:30 - Best advice you've ever heard for professional life 1:05:30 - Chiefs to 3-peat as Super Bowl Champs?

In this episode, I break down a few simple steps for creating meaningful interactions with others. If you have ever thought, "I wish I could connect with others easier.." than give this episode a listen! Be on the lookout for episodes dropping every Tuesday and Friday!

In this episode, I come back from a three-week break with new information, exciting updates for the horizon of meaning makers, and a word at the end to leave you with.

In this episode, Garret and I have a conversation around a myriad of topics. We talk real estate investing (single family and small multi-family), faith, meaning making, and marriage. I hope you enjoy! Who should I have on the show next?

In this episode, I break down the story of a meaning maker, and give examples of a few meaning makers who have lived their lives for the benefit of others.

In this episode, I intro what meaning makers are and how we were created for so much in this life. Excited for the future episodes and the guests we will have on to talk about meaning making!